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John Lennon, home demos; Beck/Clapton last month; Clematis on stamps; monasteries

8:20 AM Fri, Mar 06, 2009 |
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JOHN LENNON: At Home

All the songs were demos Lennon was preparing for his comeback album, Double Fantasy. In Yoko Ono's authorised The John Lennon Anthology, are the rest of the demos on disc 4, labelled "Dakota" after the brownstone the Lennon's stayed in New York City.

Divided onto two discs, one of guitar demos, the other of piano demos, Lennon plays by himself. The performances are achingly intimate and sometimes tragically so. Grow Old With Me comes to mind. They come across as a private session that the listener is secretly invited to listen to.

Bonus:
ERIC CLAPTON & JEFF BECK
Two Blue Birds Fly [no label, 3CD]
Live at the Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan; February 21, 2009. Very good audience recording.

Clematis on stamps.

15 Amazing Monasteries, Sanctuaries and Abbies Abbeys. Cliffhangers, Mont St. Michel and more.

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1 Comments

John Lennon said:

I dont think I have heard these. I would love to hear his thoughts in the last few months of his life

Link | April 2, 2009 11:48 AM
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